I love writing this blog. Aside from the satisfaction of recording my sewing projects and learning from readers, I have met so many new sewing friends.  Seeing pictures of your projects and hearing about your sewing makes my heart smile and my face grin.
Kathy Dykstra is one of these treasured new friends. Her projects are seen frequently in Sew Beautiful magazine and also have appeared in Australian Smocking & Embroidery which featured her extremely popular and highly sought after pattern, Temily. (If anyone has a copy of this issue with the pattern intact, I would LOVE to buy it from you.)  In fact, the current Sew Beautiful, Vol. 26, #6, features her pattern Wrap it Up! in sizes 4-10.
Her projects are Pinterest pinned and repinned again and again.
Kathy shared these photos of the absolutely wonderful nursery she and her daughters made for little Olivia.
They began with Plan A, painted the walls bright turquois with lime green for trim. When it was apparent that this baby was to be feminine little Olivia, Plan B was initiated and pink was added to the color palette.
Like the work-in-progress bassinette skirt for my Rebecca, the theme of this nursery was to be sheep. Don’t you just love the wall mural and sheep?  And the way the text, “Count the sheep and go to sleep,” is arced over the colorful numbers. That was the artistic contribution of the youngest of Kathy’s three daughters.
Her oldest daughter, who is already the mother of a 2 1/2 year old little girl and is expecting another, made the curtains.
Kathy stitched all the bedding, pillows, ottoman cover and window seat cushion.
I love this nursery. I bet Olivia does too.
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